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It was in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town that Frank Capra perfected the blend
of comedy and social commentary that would become his trademark. The
screwball comedy was graceful rather than frantic and the social
elements of Robert Riskin's fine screenplay are handled in an
even-handed manner that earned Capra the second of his three Acadamy
Awards for Best Director. Both Gary Cooper as the tuba playing no
nonsense Longfellow Deeds and Jean Arthur as the reporter who exploits
him until she falls for his goodness are wonderful in this true Capra
classic.
Longfellow Deeds (Cooper) lives in the small town of Mandrake Falls
where he makes a living writing greeting card poems and spends his free
time playing the tuba. He is less than enthused when a bunch of big
city attorneys show up at his door to tell him he has just inherited 20
million dollars from a relative he never met. The law firm of Cedar,
Cedar, Cedar and Budington just want him to sign over his power of
attorney and Deeds goes to the city with them mainly so he can get a
look at Grant's Tomb.
Deeds is honest and good but no pushover and his initial reluctance
about the situation proves wise as everyone wants to mooch off of Deeds
and make a fool of him at the same time. Deeds gives as good as he gets
and wins over the crusty Cornelius Cobb (Lionell Stander) to his way of
doing things but can't get around the way a certain Louise Bennet is
mocking his every escapade in the papers, making him look a fool and a
country bumpkin.
But Deeds knows it doesn't matter when he meets the sweet Mary
Dawson (Jean Arthur), a lady in distress who becomes his constant
companion. Deeds no longer has to go off by himself like he did back
home and talk to an imaginary girl because his dream girl has finally
appeared for real. He tells Mary that she makes up for all the fakes
he's met and writes a poem to her telling her how much he loves her.
The problem, of course, is that Mary Dawson and this Louise Bennet who
has christened him the Cinderella Man in all the papers are one and the
same.
Arthur is wonderful as the cynical reporter who slowly realizes
that Longfellow is good, straightforward and honest. She realizes it is
the viewpoint of everyone else that is distorted. Before she can get to
him to make her confession, however, Cobb breaks the bad news to Deeds
and his faith in everything is lost. He is ready to pack it up and head
back to Mandrake Falls until a starving farmer breaks into his home and
gives Deeds an idea. It is the depression and Deeds' plan to give those
down and out a chance to fend for themselves and get back on their feet
will take evey penny he has, which is just what he wants.
But the same attorneys who courted him before, now try to prevent
the noble Deeds from doing a noble deed and attempt to have him
declared insane. It is the last straw for Longfellow, who shuts down
completely, refusing to even defend his actions at his hearing. It is
only when in an outburst from Arthur he learns she really does love him
that he comes alive and gives them what for. As Cobb says earlier in
the film, "lamb bites wolf!"
This is another great Capra film that shows it is the "average"
fellow who really represents our values and mores as a people and a
country, while entertaining us like no other director could. In
addition to the constant joke about the name Budington throughout the
film, because Deeds can't find a rhyme for it, it is also an "in" joke;
the original story adapted by Riskin was written by Clarance Budington
Kelland!
Cooper and Arthur are memorable together and you will definitely
get choked up when she reads Longfellow's poem about her on the steps
of her apartment. Arthur does, because the words he has said earlier to
a group of published poets making fun of him echo in her heart: "I
guess it's alright to hurt someone as long as you don't care how much
you hurt them."
If all the great Capra classics were represented by a vase full of
red roses, this would be the one white rose in the center. It is
flawless and pure, and represents everything that was special about the
films of the first director allowed to have his name above the title.
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